jpdb beta

pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred

6

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

5

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive

1

factory; plant; mill; workshop

3

working away from home

1

to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do

1

child

18

in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

5

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

3

thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

10

inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated

1

environment; circumstance

3

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

to survive

5

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

2

nowhere

3

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

4

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

3

yearned for; longed for; missed

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

3

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

6

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

8

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

3

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

6

real intention; true motive; true meaning

3

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

2

clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships

1

intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by

1

oh; ah

2

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

4

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

5

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

35

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

9

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

6

mixed; mingled

4

to show; to display

13

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

4

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

3

to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

2